Will UK breach international law and arrest Assange?

Sydney: British Foreign Office risks breaching international law if it carries out its threat to revoke Ecuadorean embassy’s status to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an official has said.

Sir Tony Brenton, who served as British ambassador to Russia between 2004 and 2008, said ‘arbitrarily’ overturning the status of the building where Assange has taken shelter to avoid extradition, would make life ``impossible`` for British diplomats overseas.